The Evolving Etiology of Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

Feehery, John M.; Pribitkin, Edmund A.; Heffelfinger, Ryan; Lacombe, Victor G.; Lee, Daniel; Lowry, Louis D.; Keane, William M.; Sataloff, Robert T.

doi:10.1016/s0892-1997(03)00030-4

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“…The other 14% of cases were caused either by bilateral neck dissection, infection, congenital lesions, trauma or idiopathic paralysis (4). On the other hand, Feehery et al (5). reported that although thyroidectomy causes a higher percentage of BVFI compared to unilateral vocal fold immobility, there was an increased role of malignancy as a cause of BVFI in adults.…”

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A Ten-Year Kuala Lumpur Review on Laser Posterior Cordectomy for Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

Azman

Baki

Halimuddin

et al. 2016

MJMS

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Bilateral vocal fold immobility (BVFI) is commonly caused by injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and leads to stridor and dyspnea of varying onsets. A retrospective study was done at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre on laser microsurgical posterior cordectomy for BVFI. The objectives were to identify the average duration of onset of stridor from the time of insult and to evaluate the outcome of laser posterior cordectomy as a surgical option. From 1997 to 2007, a total of 31 patients with BVFI were referred for surgery. Twelve patients had tracheostomy done prior to the procedure, whereas 19 patients were without tracheostomy. Ten patients were successfully decannulated, and only 4 patients had complications related to the procedure. The minimum onset of stridor was 7 months, maximum onset of stridor was 28 years, and the mean onset of stridor was 8.7 years. The commonest complication observed was posterior glottic adhesion following bilateral posterior cordectomy. Laser endolaryngeal posterior cordectomy is an excellent surgical option as it enables successful decannulation or avoidance of tracheostomy in patients with BVFI. The onset of stridor took years after the insult to the recurrent laryngeal nerves.

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A Ten-Year Kuala Lumpur Review on Laser Posterior Cordectomy for Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

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Baki

Halimuddin

et al. 2016

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“…4,19 In contrast, Sharan et al reported a predominance of men in their study, and Plouin-Gaudon et al reported the same proportion of men and women. In both of those studies, damage to the RLN during thyroidectomy was the most frequent etiology.…”

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Computational fluid dynamics in the assessment of patients' postoperative status after glottis-widening surgery

Marków¹,

Janecki²,

Orecka³

et al. 2017

Adv Clin Exp Med

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“…However in patients with BVCP the male to female ratio was reversed (M:F = 0.3:1). Other studies by Feehery [5] (males 48 %, females 52 %), Benninger [11] (males 52.1 % and females 47.9 %) have reported a much higher prevalence among males for BVCP. Our findings are similar to those reported by Holllinger [12] (male 27.5 %, and females 72.5 %).…”

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“…Our results are in accordance with Terris [18] who found an incidence of 8 % for UVCP. For traumatic BVCP Feehery [5] reported an incidence of 32.6 % from Henry ford hospital and 26.7 % from Jefferson hospital. Tucker et al [19] and Maisel [20] reported an incidence of 30 and 31.50 % respectively.…”

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Clinico-Etiolological Study of Vocal Cord Paralysis

Gupta

Varshney

Bist

et al. 2012

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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The purpose of this study was to identify patients of vocal cord paralysis and to establish an etiological diagnosis. Patients with vocal cord paralysis have been followed prospectively at a tertiary referral center. 120 patients identified with vocal cord paralysis by laryngeal endoscopy were evaluated clinically, radiologically and pathologically to make an etiological diagnosis. Those patients in whom no cause was found, a CT scan from base of skull to thorax was done before labeling them as idiopathic. Most of the patients presented in 5th (26.67 %) and 6th (21.67 %) decade. Males out numbered females in the ratio 2.3:1.0. The most common symptom of vocal cord paralysis was change in voice (98.21 %). Bilateral vocal cord palsy was found in 6.67 % patients and unilateral vocal cord palsy was found in 93.33 % patients. Among patients of unilateral vocal cord paralysis left vocal cord was paralyzed in 69.64 % and right cord in 30.36 %. Malignant (34.16 %) causes accounted for largest number of patients followed by central (15.00 %) and idiopathic causes (14.16 %). VCP has got a variable etiology which varies with the laterality of the vocal cord involvement. Malignant causes predominated in our series, occurring in 34.16 %, followed by central and idiopathic causes.

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The Evolving Etiology of Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

Cited by 47 publications

References 22 publications

A Ten-Year Kuala Lumpur Review on Laser Posterior Cordectomy for Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

A Ten-Year Kuala Lumpur Review on Laser Posterior Cordectomy for Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility

Computational fluid dynamics in the assessment of patients' postoperative status after glottis-widening surgery

Clinico-Etiolological Study of Vocal Cord Paralysis

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